BBC rolls out three new channels in Asia

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SINGAPORE -- Three new BBC Global Channels, including two never-before broadcast anywhere, will roll out across Asia beginning at noon on July 29, the BBC's Singapore-based regional headquarters said Friday.

The global debut of BBC Knowledge and BBC Lifestyle actually began Friday on Singapore's Mio TV IPTV platform. Mio TV also will carry CBeebies, which will air such programming as "Teletubbies" and "The Roly Mo Show."

Singapore is CBeebies second international market outside the U.K. for the kids' channel. A 12-hour feed of CBeebies was launched in India in May this year, along with general entertainment service BBC Entertainment.